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An appeals court has ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutionally funded. The Oct. 19 ruling, written by a three judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, invalidates the bureau’s 2017 payday lending rule limiting the collection options for payday lenders.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau called attention to the prevalence of crypto-related criminal activity in a recent complaint bulletin.
Student banking products offered by financial institutions and colleges are often more expensive than comparable products and often don’t follow Department of Education requirements, according to a recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau signaled it plans to issue new regulations for ‘buy now, pay later’ firms to ensure they adhere to similar rules as credit cards.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently confirmed that companies without adequate safeguards to protect consumer data are at greater risk of being held liable under the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
Eight U.S. trade groups are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to define data aggregators as “larger participants” subject to regulatory supervision.